South Korea CO2 emissions data for 2015
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did South Korea emit in 2015?
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South Korea emitted 634.18 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015.
This represents 1.79% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of South Korea in 2015?
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In 2015, South Korea emitted 12.44 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 50994396.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 634.18 million tonnes emitted by South Korea in 2015 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
170.59 |
3.35 |
| Gas |
92.59 |
1.82 |
| Coal |
335.41 |
6.58 |
| Cement |
25.78 |
0.51 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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